Should God allow a Satanist into Heaven?

Question

Most Christians will know the answer to this, but I am trying to make a point…please don’t answer “I don’t believe in God”…be thoughtful about your answer and if you feel the need to add that in say, “I don’t believe in God, but if I did I feel that this should happen”…so this Satanist…we’ll call him Bob and he is a nice guy. Everyone who meets him thinks he’s kind, generous, trustworthy, a good father, a hard worker…over all a nice guy and a pretty decent human being, but he just happens to be a Satanist. He goes to Satanists rallies, curses the name of God, burns Bibles, leads other people astray…he hates Jesus, rejects redemption, and God. Now let’s pretend that Bob gets into a car crash and dies…and he is standing in front of God awaiting judgment…should he go to Heaven to be with God? Or to Hell to be with the entity he was worshiping his whole life? Keep in mind that he was a good human being by man’s standards, but also keep in mind that man’s standards are not God’s standards, and that this man never repented of his life style and sinful deeds…where should he go? Should God forgive someone who pretty much spit in his face? If so, why?

Good people do not go to Heaven! It doesn't matter how GOOD you are, if you've rejected God and Jesus you will NOT under any circumstances go to Heaven unless you repent.

It is not a pleasant thought for most, but it is a reality. I don't say this to be harsh, but God judges you on your heart towards him and if it is in the pits he will not accept you.

Matthew 7:18-23 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' This applies to Christians as well.

By the way...the way God sees Atheists is more than likely not a far stretch from this...just like the Satanist they deny God's existence, reject Jesus, and turn their back on his word. It doesn't matter how GOOD you think you are.

Answer 1

Ultimately this is God's decision. Not having the mind of God, I cannot answer anything other than what I have been taught and have read in the Bible. My best guess is that God will say in that judgment day..the most horrible sentence anyone will ever hear....."depart from me, I never knew you.

Answer 2

Hi, I am a Christian student of the manuscripts -
Lets be realistic: Do you think God is gonna be real happy with Bob? Probably not.
However: God knows the heart, where man does not. Thats why we can't be good judges.
Lets say there is something all of us don't know about Bob:
Bob was abused horribly at the hands of his own mother and father who were devoutly religious people, and who were great figures in their church and community. Little Bob had nobody to turn to - who would believe him? After years of abuse Bob ended up hating everything that has a tag called "religion" on it. Bob hates God because all he knows is that he was never helped by God, all those nights that he cried out and wasn't heard - all that pain.

Now you and I don't know what the purpose was for little Bob having gone throught that horror, and we certainly don't know the thoughts or will of God in all things.
But would you blame Bob, who is now all grown up, and walks around with the physical and mental scars that remind him everyday that God didn't rescue him?
Well, God knows how Bob feels; God knows Bobs heart.
Yes, very possibly Bob will not only go to Heaven, but perhaps be in the very arms of a comforting Christ.

Answer 3

A lot of people are satanists,while thinking they are on the way to heaven,saved by Jesus,the spiritual dustbin of the world!
A satanist is one who loves to

1. Make unnecessary suffering of others,including those with four legs,just for the pleasure of the tongue.
2. Those who delight in all sorts of drugs,including cigarettes and whisky:such substances are in fact absorbed by evil spirits.
3. Those who loves money,and accumulate it,as well as properties,that will be taken from them at death.
4. Those who delight in sexual activities regularly,and in different ways,thinking it's ok with Jesus,who said:"Evenby looking at a woman,one commits sin"

For such hypocrites,rebirth as dogs or in hellish conditions,such as birth ina war zone or in a desert or among the poor can be the destiny.

Answer 4

God knows everything and whatever he does or decides is always right. and his ways are misterious, so we won't understand them. Whatever he decides, we are not to judge him. From what I think, though, this man was not blessed with the faith in God, but he lived under his standards, regardless of his religion. He still is a creature of God. and God always forgives and always loves. He would never be uncapable or unwillling to forgive. He loves every creature because ther's only one God, egardless of how we name it. I'm a Catholic and I believe that you don't need to be of a particuar religion to go to heaven, all religions are a different face of the same God. If the Pope recently decided there's no limbus for unbaptized babies to go to, but that they'd go to heaven anyways, why not good people from other religions, confused or not, that were good by the eyes of God?

Answer 5

God will forgive anyone up to the point of their last breath! If this satanist won't repent and passes into eternity without the salvation offered to Him through Jesus Christ he will face the certain judgment of God and eternal separation in the Lake of
Fire reserved for the devil and his demons.

Answer 6

Yes God forgives all. because he is the God of ultimate love and forgiveness so of course the satanist gets to heaven cause in the end he turned back to Jesus

Answer 7

In order to get into heaven, a person has to repent of his sins, ask Jesus into his heart, and make him Lord of his life. It's that simple and I believe clear cut. Satanists can NOT get into heaven, unless they call out the name of Jesus even seconds before they die.

Answer 8

Well, for one, if "Bob" doesn't want to be with God, then he won't even step into the pearly gates, now will he? I'm sure that God isn't going to say, "Alright, you've been good, now get your @ss in here!" I doubt God will force the unwilling. And regarding your last question. Why would God forgive someone who never asked for forgiveness in the first place?

Answer 9

Well....it's like they always say.....

You can't judge a book...by its cover..Nobody gets away with anything in this life..even though a person might "seem" like a "nice guy"..a person who "curses God" is damned.

He will not be judged on "human" standards, they change with the wind..he will be judged on his heart, that only God can see and know for sure.

Answer 10

First of all, Satanists don't believe in Satan. hey don't burn bibles or do a lot of the things you mentioned.

But anyway.

If there is a heaven, it is my opinion that good people, no matter what religion (or lack of it) they are, should go there. If your god throws good people who just happen to be of the wrong religion into eternal torture, but lets someone who is evil but just happens to be Christian into heaven, well, that sounds like an evil god to me, and even if you could prove that god's existance to me, I wouldn't worship him.